Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded

[zakblacki]

Octane Version

2.13

Laravel Version

12

PHP Version

8.4.17

What server type are you using?

FrankenPHP

Server Version

.

Database Driver & Version

MySQL 9.0.1 DBngin Windows 11

Description

I'm using with WSL

Note I have already modified php.ini

php -i | grep max_execution_timetime max_execution_time => 0 => 0

And stopped php artisan octane:stop

Error :

`php artisan octane:start --host=0.0.0.0 --watch --verbose

   INFO  Server running….  

  Local: http://0.0.0.0:8000 

  Press Ctrl+C to stop the server

   WARN  Caddyfile input is not formatted; run 'caddy fmt --overwrite' to fix inconsistencies.  

   ERROR  PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Exceptions/Renderer/Exception.php on line 118.

   ERROR  PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Exceptions/Renderer/Exception.php on line 118.`

I have also tried all the following :

Added .env file
MAX_EXECUTION_TIME=300

Configure in config/octane.php

phpreturn [
    'server' => env('OCTANE_SERVER', 'frankenphp'),
    
    'max_execution_time' => 300, // Add this line
    
    // ... rest of config
];

Also updated Caddyfile

{
    frankenphp
    order php_server before file_server
}

:8000 {
    php_server {
        max_execution_time 300
    }
}

laravel.log

#0 {main}
"}
[2026-01-27 14:54:01] local.ERROR: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded {"exception":"[object] (Symfony\\Component\\ErrorHandler\\Error\\FatalError(code: 0): Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded at /mnt/d/Projects/refraapp/backend/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Exceptions/Renderer/Exception.php:118)
[stacktrace]
#0 {main}
"}
[2026-01-27 14:54:01] local.ERROR: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded {"exception":"[object] (Symfony\\Component\\ErrorHandler\\Error\\FatalError(code: 0): Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded at /mnt/d/Projects/refraapp/backend/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Exceptions/Renderer/Exception.php:118)
[stacktrace]
#0 {main}
"}

Also did

php artisan config:clear && php artisan cache:clear && php artisan view:clear && php artisan route:clear && php artisan config:cache && php artisan route:cache

Steps To Reproduce

1. composer require laravel/octane
2. php artisan octane:install --server=frankenphp
3. php artisan octane:start --host=0.0.0.0

[taai]

I tried the latest version of Laravel Octane and FrankenPHP. Here what I found out by testing and reading the source code:

• Setting the PHP setting of max_execution_time in php.ini or in Caddyfile does nothing, because Laravel Octane calls set_time_limit((int) $requestMaxExecutionTime); in runtime.
• The only way is to set the max_execution_time configuration value in config/octane.php.

If you want to define the value in .env file, just replace the 'max_execution_time' => 30, with 'max_execution_time' => env('REQUEST_MAX_EXECUTION_TIME', 30), (name your environment variable however you want in this case) in the config/octane.php file and then add REQUEST_MAX_EXECUTION_TIME=300 to the .env file. 😉

Or you could set the set_time_limit(300); in your app's code, for example, in a custom middleware (that get's called at the beginning of every request) or something like that. 😅